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The Architectural League of New York American Roundtable Grant: “Dynamic Landscapes,” South Beach, Washington
On February 26, 2021 from 9:00 to 10:00 AM PST, the South Beach team South Beach team presents a year of research and exploration of a deeply dynamic place on the Washington coast facing the future of sea level rise, tectonic plate shift and tsunami. Check it out here. Photography: Eirik Johnson
The Architectural League of New York American Roundtable Grant: “Dynamic Landscapes,” South Beach, Washington
The American Roundtable initiative goes live! Director Nicholas Anderson describes the hopes for the project (Read more here). The South Beach team report reflects a year of research and exploration of Washington State’s coastal community facing the future of sea level rise, tectonic plate shift and tsunami joins nine other research efforts (Check out the full project here). Photography: Eirik Johnson
Eastern Washington University Pence Union
Eastern Washington University Pence Union Building continues to win awards for design excellence including citation awards from AIA Washington Council and AIA New England Design. The heart of university life, the renovated student union focuses on places to gather, study, and celebrate. Photography: Kevin Scott
Seattle Builds its Best Urban Plaza
Clair Enlow continues her comprehensive investigation of the built environment in her November article in Post Alley, Seattle’s Market Place of Ideas. In Seattle Builds It’s Best Urban Plaza, Clair dives into the story of 2+U, a remarkable contribution to urban life.
OSU Cascades Land Reclamation Project Complete
The first of four projects creates the foundation for campus infrastructure, campus open space and classrooms. The 46-acre, 100-foot deep former pumice mine has been reclaimed through the processing and moving of pumice and landfill material. The material was innovatively recycled on site through the blending of landfill material, landfill cover soil and material from the pumice mine for a suitable engineered fill, raising the mine up to 40-feet in some areas and establishing rough grades for the future campus projects. More information here.
The Architectural League of New York American Roundtable Grant
Barbara joins a team of planners, photographers, lawyers, and architects looking at Washington’s South Beach community through the lens of community, health, infrastructure, economics, and environment to craft a portrait of the past and future. One of ten selected submittals out of over a hundred, the team is exploring a deeply dynamic place facing the future of sea level rise, tectonic plate shift and tsunami. More information here.
2+U Opens for You
Located at 2nd Avenue and University Street, 2+U opens for public use. The network of walks, overlooks, plazas and hill climbs invite safe public access in this time of Covid 19. Come, visit, enjoy and imagine a future of gatherings, food, conversations, concerts, and civic life!
The Year of Gathering – Citizens First, Designers Second – A Webinar
BCJ convenes the second of two events on Finding Joy in Our Public Spaces for the Year of Gathering. Barbara and Benjamin de la Pena join forces again for an hour-long discussion and touch on a new design tool kit for the ‘subterranean change occurring now”. More information here.